Comparison Of Mcgovern, And Views Of Richard Nixon

In 1972, the 47th quadrennial United States Presidential election was held. The presidential candidate chosen by the Republican party was Richard Nixon. Nixon’s Vice President was Spiro Agnew. The presidential candidate chosen by the Democratic party was George McGovern. McGovern’s Vice President was Sargent Shriver. The election took place on Tuesday, November 7th, 1972. The ending results of the election came out to be Nixon with 96.7% of the electoral vote, and McGovern with 3.2% of the electoral vote. For the popular vote, Nixon had 60.7% and McGovern had 37.5%. Nixon won the 1972 presidential election by a landslide, making it his second term in office. Nixon won with the 4th largest margin between candidates in United States Presidential

For the entire election Nixon was leading McGovern, so he got pretty comfortable. The controversies and views of McGovern almost did Richard Nixon’s campaign work for him. Nixon’s campaign was decided to rest around the idea that he was necessary, or incumbent. He portrayed that he was too busy dealing with state matters to worry about partisan matters. Most Americans believe that McGovern was too strident and too attached to the radical elements of anti-war. In contrast, Americans believed that Nixon was a very strong and straight-forward leader who would be able to secure “peace with honor”. By 1972, most of U.S. troops were released without appearing to have given into the Communists through Nixon’s strategy of Vietnamization. This helped the positive outlook on Nixon, and the negative outlook on McGovern. Richard Nixon also campaigned with his plan called “southern strategy”. This plan involved releasing pressure off the desegregation of schools and restricting acts of the federal government on behalf of the blacks. This strategy helped Nixon gain support from many blue collar workers and southerners. They played a major role in the outcome of this election. Nixon’s campaign involved keeping close tabs on his enemies. During the election, Nixon’s campaign aids committed the Watergate Burglary. His personal involvement in the burglary was never revealed, so it did not affect the outcome of the election. Eventually, after the election his public support was destroyed because of the Watergate scandal, forcing him to resign from the presidential office in